Josh Hamilton

Giancarlo Stanton’s rapid approach to the Miami Marlins’ single-season home run record has been stunning, but not surprising.

It never is when homers are flying in bunches off the bat of the slugging right fielder.

What stands out of the ordinary is that Stanton has played in all but two of the Marlins’ games so far this season. That was a big factor in why he began the weekend series against the Rockies needing one homer to become the second Marlin to reach the 40-homer plateau and three to tie Gary Sheffield’s club record from 1996.

Stanton continued his onslaught in the sixth inning Friday when he drove a Jon Gray slider 433 feet to left field.

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